Photos: Egypt’s Morsi ousted by military, protests

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Hundreds of Egyptian protesters begin to gather in Tahrir Square as the deadline given by the military to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi approaches on July 3, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. The president gave a defiant speech last night and vowed to stay in power despite the military threats. As unrest spreads throughout the country, at least 23 people were killed in Cairo on Tuesday and over 200 others were injured.

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Egyptian opposition protestors hold stones and sticks during clashes with supporters of President Mohamed Morsi in the northern port city of Damietta on June 3, 2013. Egyptian security forces imposed a travel ban on President Mohamed Morsi and several top Islamist allies over their involvement in a prison escape in 2011, security officials said.STR
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Egyptian supporters of President Mohamed Morsi hold beat an opposition protestor during clashes in the northern port city of Damietta on June 3, 2013. Egyptian security forces imposed a travel ban on President Mohamed Morsi and several top Islamist allies over their involvement in a prison escape in 2011, security officials said.STR
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Traders work in the oil options pit at the New York Mercantile Exchange Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Oil climbed above $101 a barrel as the political crisis in Egypt intensified.Richard Drew
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Egyptian army soldiers sit on top of armoured personnel carriers (APC) in a Cairo street on July 3, 2013 after the army deployed dozens of armoured vehicles near gathering of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi’s supporters. A top aide to Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi slammed what he called a “military coup” as an army ultimatum passed and the security forces slapped a travel ban on the Islamist leader.KHALED DESOUKI
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In this Tuesday, June 25, 2013 file photo, Egyptian drivers wait outside in long queues at a gasoline station in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt’s descent into even deeper political turmoil puts any plans for economic reforms to secure a $4.8 billion IMF loan into a dangerous limbo. If put on hold, Egyptians will likely face a deterioration in the crisis, from worsening fuel shortages and blackouts, a further depreciation of the currency and a depletion of foreign currency reserves so severe it could make importing critical oil and food items difficult.Amr Nabil
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An anti-President Mohammed Morsi poster is viewed as as thousands of Egyptian protesters celebrate in Tahrir Square as the deadline given by the military to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi passes on July 3, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. The president gave a defiant speech last night and vowed to stay in power despite the military threats. As unrest spreads throughout the country, at least 23 people were killed in Cairo on Tuesday and over 200 others were injured. It has been reported that the military has taken over the state television.Spencer Platt
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An Egyptian opposition protester holds a chair and knife during a clash between supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi in downtown Damietta, Egypt, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. he deadline on the military's ultimatum to President Mohammed Morsi has expired, with 48 hours passing since the time it was issued. Giant cheering crowds of Morsi's opponents have been gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square and other locations nationwide, waving flags furiously in expection that the military will act to remove the Islamist president after the deadline ends.(AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam) ORG XMIT: HE105Hamada Elrasam
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Egyptian army soldiers sit on top of a tank in a Cairo street on July 3, 2013 after the army deployed dozens of armoured vehicles near gathering of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi’s supporters. A top aide to Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi slammed what he called a “military coup” as an army ultimatum passed and the security forces slapped a travel ban on the Islamist leader.KHALED DESOUKI
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Opponents of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi hold a large Egyptian national flag during outside of the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. The deadline on the military’s ultimatum to President Mohammed Morsi has expired, with 48 hours passing since the time it was issued. Giant cheering crowds of Morsi’s opponents have been gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square and other locations nationwide, waving flags furiously in expection that the military will act to remove the Islamist president after the deadline ends.Hassan Ammar
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A boy has his face painted the colors of the Egyptian flag as thousands of Egyptian protesters celebrate in Tahrir Square as the deadline given by the military to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi passes on July 3, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. The president gave a defiant speech last night and vowed to stay in power despite the military threats. As unrest spreads throughout the country, at least 23 people were killed in Cairo on Tuesday and over 200 others were injured. It has been reported that the military has taken over the state television.Spencer Platt
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Egyptians celebrate at a tea house at Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s announcement in Cairo’s Zamalek district Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Egypt’s military has suspended the Islamist-backed constitution and called early elections. The military also announced that embattled President Mohammed Morsi will be replaced.Cheers erupted among millions of protesters nationwide who were demanding Morsi’s ouster.Hiro Komae
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Egyptian opposition protesters celebrate as news is announced of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi proposing a consensus government as a way out of the country’s political crisis, at Egypt’s Presidential Palace on July 3, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. As the Egyptian Army’s deadline passed on Wednesday afternoon, President Morsi proposed a consensus government as a way out of the country’s political deadlock between the military and Muslim Brotherhood. As unrest spreads throughout the country, at least 23 people were killed in Cairo on Tuesday and over 200 others were injured. It has been reported that the military has taken over state television.Ed Giles
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Egyptians celebrate at a tea house at Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s announcement in Cairo’s Zamalek district Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Egypt’s military has suspended the Islamist-backed constitution and called early elections. The military also announced that embattled President Mohammed Morsi will be replaced.Cheers erupted among millions of protesters nationwide who were demanding Morsi’s ouster.Hiro Komae
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An Egyptian army helicopter flies over protesters calling for the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi in Cairo’s landmark Tahrir Square on July 3, 2013. A top aide to Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi slammed what he called a “military coup” as an army ultimatum passed and the security forces slapped a travel ban on the Islamist leader.GIANLUIGI GUERCIA
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Egyptians celebrate moments after Egypt’s military chief says the president is replaced by chief justice of constitutional court outside the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Egypt’s military has suspended the Islamist-backed constitution and called early elections. The military also announced that embattled President Mohammed Morsi will be replaced.Cheers erupted among millions of protesters nationwide who were demanding Morsi’s ouster.Nariman El-Mofty
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Military special forces surround supporters of Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi in Nasser City, Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Army troops backed by armor and including commandos have deployed across much of the Egyptian capital, near protest sites and at key facilities and major intersections. The deployment is part of a bid by the military to tighten its control of key institutions Wednesday, slapping a travel ban on embattled president Mohammed Morsi and top allies in preparation for an almost certain push to remove the Islamist president with the expiration of an afternoon deadline.Hassan Ammar
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Egyptian opposition protesters celebrate as news is announced of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi proposing a consensus government as a way out of the country’s political crisis, at Egypt’s Presidential Palace on July 3, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. As the Egyptian Army’s deadline passed on Wednesday afternoon, President Morsi proposed a consensus government as a way out of the country’s political deadlock between the military and Muslim Brotherhood. As unrest spreads throughout the country, at least 23 people were killed in Cairo on Tuesday and over 200 others were injured. It has been reported that the military has taken over state television. (Photo by Ed Giles/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 173052035Ed Giles
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Thousands of Egyptian protesters celebrate in Tahrir Square as the deadline given by the military to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi passes on July 3, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. The president gave a defiant speech last night and vowed to stay in power despite the military threats. As unrest spreads throughout the country, at least 23 people were killed in Cairo on Tuesday and over 200 others were injured. It has been reported that the military has taken over the state television.Spencer Platt
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A girl looks up at fireworks as thousands of Egyptian protesters celebrate in Tahrir Square as the deadline given by the military to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi passes on July 3, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. The president gave a defiant speech last night and vowed to stay in power despite the military threats. As unrest spreads throughout the country, at least 23 people were killed in Cairo on Tuesday and over 200 others were injured. It has been reported that the military has taken over the state television.Spencer Platt
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Egyptian police special forces sit on their armored vehicle, protecting a bridge between Tahrir Square and Cairo University, where Muslim Brotherhood supporters have gathered, in Giza, Egypt, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Egypt’s leading democracy advocate Mohamed ElBaradei and top Muslim and Coptic Christian clerics met Wednesday with the army chief to discuss a political road map for Egypt only hours before a military ultimatum to the Islamist president was set to expire.Manu Brabo
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Egyptian police stand guard outside the Republican Guards headquarters in Cairo on July 3, 2013, during a demonstration against President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood. Tens of thousands of rival Egyptians poured onto the streets, minutes before a controversial army deadline to impose a political solution after a defiant Islamist President Mohamed Morsi vowed to see out his term regardless.GIANLUIGI GUERCIA
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An injured protester reacts during clashes between residents and Muslim Brotherhood members and Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi supporters outside Cairo University, on July 3, 2013 in Cairo. President Mohamed Morsi refused to quit hours before an army ultimatum expires as deadly violence rocked Cairo during mass protests demanding he resign, in Egypt’s worst crisis since its 2011 revolution.MOHAMED EL-SHAHED
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An image grab taken from Egyptian state TV shows Egyptian Defence Minister Abdelfatah al-Sissi delivering a statement on July 3, 2013 announcing the ousting of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi.-
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A protester runs past a fire raging during clashes in Giza, Egypt, early Wednesday, July 3, 2013. Egyptís army chief met on Wednesday with his top commanders, hours before the militaryís deadline to the president and opposition to resolve the nationís political crisis is set to expire, according to a Defense Ministry official. The looming deadline follows a night of deadly clashes in Cairo and elsewhere in the country that left nearly two dozen people dead, most in a single incident near the main Cairo university campus.Nameer Galal
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